Impeachment Charges Filed Against Governor Ferguson
Governor Ferguson faces impeachment charges filed by Speaker Fuller after the legislature opened. The House accuses misapplication of public funds and failure to repay court-ordered amounts from Canyon City normal insurance money, plus attempts to defeat university funding and a loan to Speaker Fuller.
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Senate
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Ferguson
House
Fuller
Canyon City Normal
House Investigating Committee
Record attendance at A and M short course and congress
Attendance figures show threefold rise at the A and M college short course with 906 registrations, 127 farmers congress, and 231 at the summer school. The figures reflect growing rural interest in extension education as dormitories strain to house visitors and meals reach over a thousand. The event includes leggett hall housing boys, bands from Corsicana, and daily activities from swimming to evening shows in the air dome supervised by Dean Kyle.
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A. and M. College
Farmers’ Congress
Farmers
Texas
Steward Sbisa
Congress
Leggett Hall
Corsicana
Vicar of
Wakefield
Dean Kyle
Switchmen Strike Acts on Nineteen Rail Lines
Chicago July 28 The switchmen belonging to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen struck yesterday and the action took effect this morning on nineteen roads entering the Chicago district.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway
Four Minute Men to Organize Here
Bryan will cooperate in the Four Minute Men program to reach moviegoers with brief government messages about the war. Major L. L. Mellanis is named local chairman and will organize volunteers to give four minute talks at set intervals. Topics will be government supplied and speakers must stay under four minutes. The theatre manager supports the effort and announcements will note speakers and topics.
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Daily Eagle
Bryan
L. L. Mellanis
National
Dormitory Contract Set at Texas A and M College
The board awarded the dormitory contract to J. E. Johnson Construction of Waco for 74 900 dollars and named associated bids for plumbing 6966 dollars heating 5577 dollars and electrical 1650 dollars. Total project 89 093 dollars with a 907 dollar contingency.
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Texas A. and
M. c College
J. E. Johnson Construction Company
Waco
George Robischung
Houston
Kinnison Bros
Dallas
Eugene Ash
Austin
R. Adelsperger
Byars
West Texas A. and M. College
Abilene
Federal Cooperation on State Highways
A L Leudecke from the federal office of public roads works with the Texas highway commission to standardize operations and align with federal aid laws. The Texas attorney general clarifies that half of highway registration fees allocated to counties must fund county highways per approved plans, remaining a special fund and not part of general county road funds.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
A. L. Luedecke
Federal Office of Public Roads
Washington
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Luedecke
Curtis Hancock
Highway Commission
Leudecke
Attorney General's Department
State Highway Department
General County Road and
American torpedo boats clash with U boats off British waters
American torpedo boat destroyers engaged two hostile submarines in British waters on Tuesday. The submarines submerged after the encounter. one had just sunk a steamer and the other attacked a merchant ship.
Cotton Crop Promises Nearly 12 Million Bales This Year
Associated Press reports the 1917 cotton crop is forecast at about 11.949 million equivalent 604-pound bales, based on July 25 conditions from agriculture department agents. The piece compares with June 25 forecasts and outlines state by state conditions and past yields through recent years.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Gaetctods
Omaestok
North Carolina
Ssesseesees
South Carolina
Cevdecescecnes
Texas
Germans Repelled After Night Counter Attacks
London reports German counter attacks against the new British line at L Abbeville and north of the Ypres Comines canal were repulsed. Artillery crushed a counter attack near the Ypres Roulers railway as heavy rain fell.
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London
L’abbeville
Ypres-Comines Canal
Belgium
Ypres-Roulers
Entente Forces Hold Belgian Front After Rainstorm
Paris reports the French and British in Belgium yesterday consolidated the positions they had captured despite a torrential rainstorm. The official statement describes the French and British corps maintaining the gains and tightening their lines after initial advances.
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Associated Press
Paris
Belgium
Board of Trade halts corn trading for September delivery
Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade adopted a resolution stopping all transactions in corn for September delivery. Two months earlier the board set a maximum futures price of 1.65, while cash corn stood around 2.30. The action aims to curb speculative use of its trading machinery.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Bank Hold Up Nets $12,000. Medical Lake Robbery
Masked men robbed the First National Bank of Medical Lake in Spokane county on Tuesday seizing about $12,000 in sacks. They escaped in an automobile after the heist.
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Spokane
Wash
First National Bank of
Medical Lake
Here
Texas farmers hear talks on rural sanitation and cotton policy
A morning crowd at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas heard Dr. Covington of Austin discuss rural sanitation and the Rockefeller board of health work in Leon county. Clarence Ousley spoke on Texas agriculture for 1918, warning against cotton insanity and noting increases in food plantings and cotton acreage amid wartime concerns.
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Covington
Ousley
Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Dean E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture
P. W. Covington
Austin
Clarence Ousley
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Tex
Rockefeller Board of Health
Rockefeller Board
Leon County
Panama
International Health Board
Washington
Europe
South
General Baptist Board Takes Over Bryan Academy Affairs
The General Baptist Board seized control of Bryan Baptist Academy operations and formed a committee to arrange the opening, appointing Dr. J. B. Gambrell, Dr. J. L. Gross, Dr. R. E. Burt, and Rev. Dr. M. E. Weaver to recruit a president and faculty for the coming year. Dr. Weaver, fresh from Dallas, reports resignations and a plea from First Baptist Church to continue the academy. Communication via telegraph and telephone is under way to secure staff and ensure a timely opening.
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Daily Eagle
General Baptist Convention
Bryan Baptist Academy
M. E. Weaver
Dallas
First Baptist Church
General Board
J. B. Gambrell
J. L. Gross
R. E. Burt
Weaver
Chief of German Spies Assassinated in Belgium
Amsterdam reports that a top German espionage chief in Belgium was killed late Friday at Lomsel in Belgian Limburg. A 3,000 mark reward is posted. The clipping also notes seven Belgians shot at Liege on July 12, including a Swiss curate and his parish priest performs, along with a commissioner Le Jeune.
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Amsterdam
Les Nouvvelles
Maestrich
Belgium
Lomsel
Limburg
Liege
St. Lambert's
Herstel
le Jeune
Welsh Troops Crush Imperial Guards in Petain Offensive
Welsh troops delivered a crushing defeat to the Emperor William’s crack unit, the third battalion of infantry guards, during General Petain’s great offensive on the British front in France and Belgium.
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France
Belgium
Petain
Emperor William
Ousley denounces slackers and extols square deal for Negroes
In a fiery address Mr. Ousley blasts obstructionists and food speculators profiting from a war where youths die. He warns that reluctance to tax and a mother’s reluctance to send her son to battle invite greater threats, urging unity and sacrifice. The Agricultural and Mechanical college opens its eighth year with strong enrollment in practical farming and home economics, plus social events like a boys swimming party and M C A activities.
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Mr. Ousley
M. C
Labor figure Frank Little killed in Butte vigilante crime
Frank Little, I W W executive board member active in Arizona labor unrest, was abducted from a Butte lodging house by masked men and hanged from a railroad trestle. The chief of police cut him down at 8 am. A card on the body warned, First and last warning others take notice Vigilantes.
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Associated Press
Butte
Mont
Frank Little
Industrial Workers of the World
Arizona
Little
United States
Uncle Sam
Biggest Battle of War Flanders Begins Amid Heavy Bombardment
Paris reports the battle of Flanders has begun as the French and British launch a major offensive. German prisoners note massive bombardment damage, with Bavarian divisions withdrawn and morale plummeting. Aviator photos show widespread devastation along the German front and thin German lines as Allied infantry advance.
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Associated Press
Paris
Flanders
Entente
McKay Hears Indictments For Misuse Of Funds
Austin Texas reports former secretary of state John G Mc Kay was indicted on two counts for misapplication of public funds. He appeared and posted one thousand dollar bond on each count.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
John G. Mc Kay
District conference session at Lee Chapel in Palestine
The district conference of S. S. I. E. L. H. M. H. Ladies' Aid and other Methodist groups meets at Lee Chapel. Leaders include Rev. George W. Carter as presiding officer and Rev. W. R. Robinson as secretary. An educational rally Thursday prompts appeals to unity and inclusive seating for white and colored attendees.
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Ladies’ Aid
Southern Methodist Brotherhood
Laymen Association of the
Palestine District
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lee Chapel
This City
George W. Carter
D. S
W. R. Robinson
G. W. Gill
E. D. Mayes
C. H. Pemilton
G. W. White
W. Wipprecht
Tech
E. W. Solomon
First Methodist Church
South
G. W. Hamilton
G. Annettti Jackson
C. H. Pennilton
A. B
S. M. Bolden
Maggie
Heat Deaths Rise in Chicago as Heatwave Persists
Chicago records twenty one heat related deaths in the last twenty four hours as city hospitals treat heat illness. Officials warn residents to stay hydrated seek shade and limit outdoor activity during peak temperatures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Exemption Board Notices To Be Sent In Brazos County
Cards for the first third of the Brazos county exemption board examination list will be mailed this evening. The board has the official numbers drawn and plans to complete the first third in three days, sending notices for appearance on Monday and subsequent days for the rest. A war department question seeks to exempt military college students over 21 from draft to preserve officers for future service. Washington reports district boards may exempt such students.
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Brazos County
War Department
Military Colleges
Texas A. and
M. Dents
Leon Springs
Uates
Washington
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M. College
Experiment Station
General Baptist Board
Kaiser
U. S
M'Kay
Colored Convention
Exemption Board
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